UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his sixth vote in Parliament after his second attempt to call an early election failed to satisfy the require majority. He final vote was 293-46 in favor of an early election, but the opposition Labour party abstained and Speaker John Bercow declared that the majority didn’t meet the requirements of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. PM Johnson stated “I earlier urged the house to trust the people. But once again, the opposition think they know better.” A two-third majority is required in order to call for early elections.

The House of Commons and the House of Lords will now be suspended for the next five weeks after a notion to extend the usual recess for part conference was extended by two weeks. Johnson expelled 21 Tory rebels who voted with opposition parties against their own party in order to take a no deal Brexit off the table. Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville-Roberts added “The vote for a general election would play into Boris Johnson’s hands. It would allow him to ignore the legislation that is presently going through the House of Lords, likely to have royal assent today. It would allow him to ignore that. It would give him the opportunity to ignore the law.”